“Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.” Ephesians 4:15-16 NIV How do you hear God’s speak today? The Holy Spirit speaks to us through God’s people which is the local church. Many Christians believe that they don’t need the church today or that they are accountable to the church. Yes, we have direct access to God. Jesus is our meditator to God. God created the…
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Spiritual Markers
““Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.”” Joshua 4:2-3 This verse is instructions God gave Joshua. These stones were served as a sign to the Israelites. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever. These stones were to be a reminder of what shod has done for them. A spiritual marker identifies a time of transition, decision, or direction when I clearly…
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The Truth Of Our Circumstances
“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”” John 14:6-7 Let’s read Exodus chapter 5 -6. Moses did as he was told and asked Pharaoh to let His people go. However, Pharaoh didn’t. He put more hardships on the people. The. The people got angry at Moses for their hardship. What would you have done if you were Moses? Would you have gone back to where you had come from? Would you have…
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When God Speaks Through Circumstances
Jesus said to them, ‘My Father It’s always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working.‘“ John 5:17 Do you struggle with your difficult or bad circumstances? How do you deal with those situations? The Holy Spirit uses the Bible, prayer, and circumstances to speak to us, and show us the fathers will. Jesus knew what the father wanted him to do. This is how Jesus knew the father’s will for his life and daily activity. “In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.“Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I…
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What Is Happening While We Are Praying
The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man’s spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what Hod has freely given us. 1 Corinthians 2:10-12 Have you ever pray for one thing and got another? God has more for us then what we would even ask for or think of. In Ephesians 3:20-21, Paul said, “ Now to him who is able to…
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Digging Deeper
He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God. John 8:48 Today, read Genesis 15-16 Genesis 28:10-19, Exodus 28:30, Jeremiah 18:1-10, 1 Kong’s 19:12, Exodus 8:20-25 How did God speak to his people in the Old Testament? What scripture spoke to you? Write a summary of how God spoke to His people during Jesus life time? read the gospel books if need be!! How did God speak to His people through the Holy Spirit? John 1:1, 14; 1 John 1:1-4; John 14:8; John 14:9-10; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19 God reveals himself to draw us…
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God Speaks Through Prayer
The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the spirit, because the spirit intercedes for the Saints in accordance with God’s will. Romans 8:26-27 Do you use a journal to write down what God speaks to you? The Holy Spirit reveals truth. Truth is just not a concept to be studied. Truth is a person. Jesus stated in John 14:6. I am the truth. When God gave you eternal life, he gave you himself. And the Holy Spirit…
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God Speaks Through The Bible
The man without The spirit does not except the things that come from the spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are not spiritually discerned. The spiritual man makes judgments about all things. 1 Corinthian’s 2:14-15 Do you ever will see if God is speaking to you? Fo you ever will see how He is speaking to you? Do you think it’s will be in an audible voice? God speaks to us uniquely as individuals. He can do it in any way that pleases him. As we walk in an intimate relationship with God, we will come to recognize his voice.…
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God Reveals
Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. Amos 3:7 What does God reveal to you? when God speaks through out the Bible, he is revealing things about Himself, His purpose, or His ways. God’s revelations are designed to bring you I to a love relationship with Him. When God speaks through the Holy Spirit, he is revealing something about Himself, or his nature or his character!! God speaks when Be wants to involve a person onto his work. God reveals Himself to help us respond to Him in faith. We respond d to God better when we know who he is and…
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God Speaks By The Holy Spirit
The Lord was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of his words fall to the ground. 1 Samuel 3:19 Do you believe that you understand spiritual truths because of the Holy Spirit? Do you think that God speaks through the Holy Spirit or that Hod has stopped speaking? When we have an encounter tee with the Holy Spirit, we are having an encounter with God! God did speak to His people in Acts. God used the Holy Spirit to speak to His people back then. This is how God speaks to His people today! The Holy Spirit lives in all believers. He is always present in…